Who reads John Updike?

Published: July 3, 2019, 11 p.m.

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Do the kids \\u2013 in these times of identity politics \\u2013 still read Updike? The answer is \\u201cprobably not\\u201d. But should they? Claire Lowdon makes the case; Toby Lichtig discusses Chelsea Manning, the US Army data analyst turned whistle-blower, and a new documentary on her life; Eric Rauchway considers the prevalence of pro-Nazi feeling and policy in 1940s America and beyond

 

Novels 1959\\u20131965: The Poorhouse Fair, Rabbit, Run, The Centaur, Of the Farm, by John Updike (Library of America)

XY Chelsea, directed by Tim Travers Hawkins

Hitler\\u2019s American Friends: The Third Reich\\u2019s supporters in the United States, by Bradley Hart

The Unwanted: America, Auschwitz, and a village caught in between, by Michael Dobbs



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